CVE-1999-0984

HIGH 7.5CVE-1999-0984 · Published 09/11/1999 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-0984 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting matts whois (matts whois).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.7%, higher than 85.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
matts whois matts_whois	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Matt's Whois program whois.cgi allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the domain entry.

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